The 10 Coolest Gadgets

The PCMag Labs is a temporary home for some of the most interesting gadgets out there, and here are 10 of our recent favorites

Have you ever imagined what it might be like to work in the PCMag Labs? Do you picture a big, open space beeping and buzzing with row after row of the latest gadgets? Do you envision mega-screen TVs, phones that seem nearly as big, and a robotic vacuum cleaner that glides past a 3D printer? Well, you'd be right.

But it's not called the PCMag Playground; it's the Labs, and these gadgets get tested. Browse around a bit and you'll see phones submerged in water pitchers, hard drives in the freezer, and maybe even a NAS in the oven. You're definitely going to hear The Knife's "Silent Shout" since it's the standard track for all sound testing. The point is, despite the fun we have testing, we're serious about making sure that our ratings are objective.

Thousands of products come through the Labs and while our ratings range from "dismal" and "fair" to "good" and "excellent" there's also one unofficial rating: "coolest." Some of the tech that falls under the unsanctioned category earns good ratings or even our highest acclaim, an Editors' Choice award. That doesn't mean, however, that there aren't some things that we admire even if they've got a way to go—or may not be going anywhere.

Maybe we saw them at a show like CES, maybe they turned up at our doorstep, or maybe we just heard the chatter and had to get a hold of them. However they got our attention, this gallery exhibits some of the gadgets that, in the past year or so, we thought the coolest.

A couple of them aren't yet on the market (like the Yotaphone) and some might surface soon (like the Samsung Galaxy Camera) but they've all got that certain something. Go ahead. Have a look for yourself.

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